Camp Chase, June 22, 1861.
Dearest Lu: — I start for Fremont this morning. . . . As to
surgeons, four only are to be appointed; it will not be possible to get two of
them from Cincinnati. Either Clendenin or Dr. Joe will not get appointed. I
mention this merely to show the facts. I want the doctor to do nothing at all
about it, nor to say anything about it. Dr. Clendenin can probably get an
appointment from Washington as brigade surgeon. It will be some days before the
appointments will be made. There is a good disposition to accommodate us at
headquarters, and I think the prospect fair for his [Dr. Joe's] appointment.
I shall want towels, sheets, and three table-cloths, one and
one-half dozen napkins, two comforts. Don't buy them, or any of them, but
if you have them to spare, I will take them. I would advise the spending of as
little as possible. We do not know the future, and economy is a duty. These
things are merely luxuries. Love to all.
Affectionately,
R.
P. S. — You will enjoy looking at us here, and I shall be
glad to have you come up. You can hardly live out at camp; but possibly, we can
keep you a night or two, and you can stay here through the day. It is pleasant
living here. Colonel Scammon is our colonel. This will do. It has advantages
which I need not explain which would not occur to an outside looker-on.
Mrs. Hayes.
SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and
Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 2, p. 33
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